Re: [libreoffice-users] LEBRE VERSION STILL

On 05/11/15 04:21, Steve Edmonds wrote: > I use an external PDF writer for some documents where LO fails to > convert vector formats correctly. > That said, if I use the external converter I loose all my cross > referencing and TOC links that LO does very well in my opinion. > Steve I have used

Re: [libreoffice-users] LEBRE VERSION STILL

ult ;) > > --- > Gabriele Ponzo > > 2015-11-05 14:17 GMT+01:00 Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>: > >> On 05/11/15 04:21, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> I use an external PDF writer for some documents where LO fails to >>> convert vector formats correctl

Re: [libreoffice-users] LEBRE VERSION STILL

lly strange… Please try using "evince" as reader and let us know. > > --- > Gabriele Ponzo > > 2015-11-05 18:03 GMT+01:00 Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr > <mailto:philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>>: > > Sure, the whole of my LO document

Re: [libreoffice-users] Though I sent the email, [Please read this too because I am worrying about you misunderstand my mind]

On 14/10/15 14:51, Gabriele Ponzo wrote: > What is unclear is if you don't want to receive mails about your question > or if you don't want to receive mails at all. > > Because you may have not understood that this is a mailing list. So you'll > receive every message from very each sender about

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

On 11/10/15 23:24, Virgil Arrington wrote: > One frustration I've noticed recently is with LO's "Sidebar." In the past, I > had > my paragraph styles locked in a Sidebar. Now, the Styles box shares the > Sidebar > with the Properties, Gallery, and Navigator boxes, and when I open a new file, >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Digital signatures

Hi, I have been using signatures occasionally over the past couple of years without any problem. I initially used Firefox to load my signature together with the root. LO swriter then had no problem finding the certificate and signing with it. Now, my old certificate has expired and I have the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

On 12/10/15 16:20, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > > On 10/12/2015 08:15 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> But I can slide the styles box to appear at the top of the side bar and this >> setting not only 'sticks' with the document but remains for new documents >> started and f

[libreoffice-users] CMIS Properties

I'm trying to find out what "CMIS Properties" are in LO Writer/File/Properties ? There is nothing displayed on the CMIS Properties tag. Clicking on 'Help' in that box takes me to help.libreoffice.org/swriter page "Swriter/sfx/ui/documentpropertiesdialog/tabcontrol" which says that there is

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Installing Libreoffice in Ubuntu

On 09/10/15 18:02, Tom Davies wrote: > So while the whole wiki is generally agreed to be a bit of a mess it's > difficult to move or rename resources which people probably have their own > links to, or have become familiar navigating too and might be taken aback > if it suddenly looked as

[libreoffice-users] finding fonts used in libreoffice writer docs

I have pretty well completed a large document (110 pages) in LO writer. I did a pdf export and checked the fonts embedded. To my surprise I found a couple of unknown, and unwanted, fonts there. To keep the file size down as much as possible, I would like to remove those unwanted fonts. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] finding fonts used in libreoffice writer docs

On 04/10/15 15:24, Brian Barker wrote: > At 15:07 04/10/2015 +0200, Philip Jackson wrote: >> I have pretty well completed a large document (110 pages) in LO writer. I did >> a pdf export and checked the fonts embedded. To my surprise I found a couple >> of unknown

Re: [libreoffice-users] libre offe general bug

On 20/09/15 15:41, Derek V. Giroulle wrote: > setup Libreoffice Version: 4.2.8.2Build ID: 420m0(Build:2) > OS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit on AMD10 + 14 GB > > When saving any type of libre office file ( odp, odt, ods ..) > the blue bar of the focus is on the name of the file , so that is where the

Re: [libreoffice-users] libre offe general bug

gged" me. I have tried to reproduce it with my current >> system LO 5.0.2.1 (32 bit) under Linux Mint 17.2 and it doesn't happen >> (leastways not yet). >> >> Graham >> >> On 20 September 2015 at 19:11, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>

Re: [libreoffice-users] Importing pictures that are resized - O.E!

On 07/12/15 20:00, dave boland wrote: > OOPS! In desperation, I went searching through the options to see if > there was a resolution option in Draw. Didn't see one, but something > else caught my eye. A few weeks ago I changed the scale factor to try to > get more precision on the location of an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus problem

On 04/12/15 01:05, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 23:46:57 +0100 > Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> dijo: > >> On 03/12/15 18:50, John Jason Jordan wrote: >>> By 'focus problem' I mean that when I restore LO from having been >>> mi

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreLogo tutorial

Hi Kolbjoern, I've had a look at your tutorial. You mention LO 4.2 and updates to 5.0. I thought I'd have a look on my machine but I failed at the first go. I can find no trace of a Logo Toolbar under View/Toolbars. The LO Writer manual installed on my computer (where I'm using LO 4.2.8.2)

Re: [libreoffice-users] Focus problem

lly only use the spreadsheet and writer but for these two applications, I cannot reproduce any of the symptoms you describe. Since you have this problem for a long time, could it be down to hardware ? ------- Philip Jackson

Re: [libreoffice-users] Envelopes print in wrong orientation

Hi Alan : The bug you find under your list 4 is an old one. I changed from Microsoft Word years ago to OpenOffice and I was horrified at the efforts to prepare an envelope compared with the ease in Word. When I dropped Windows for linux about 18 months' ago, I moved to LibreOffice 4.2.8.2 and

Re: [libreoffice-users] Online help issue

On 21/11/15 16:50, Graham Luffrum wrote: > John > > The usual reason for this is that the language of the user interface is not > the same as that of the help file that you installed. Look in Tools --> > Options --> Language settings --> Languages and check that the User > interface language

Re: [libreoffice-users] badly formed open document format file

On 31/01/16 00:19, Piet van Oostrum wrote: > Philip Jackson wrote: > > > I wonder if anyone on the list can provide any clues as to why a file is > > badly formed ? > > > > The file concerned is an export from another application (Scrivener) > >

[libreoffice-users] badly formed open document format file

I wonder if anyone on the list can provide any clues as to why a file is badly formed ? The file concerned is an export from another application (Scrivener) which provides the option to export as an open document odt. The test file comprises 2 paragraphs of text followed by a third paragraph

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: question about the best version of libreoffice:

On 21/01/16 12:43, Pedro wrote: > Returning to the subject I believe it would be useful to find out what is > making people stick to older (and in particular discontinued) versions. If > it is because the new features in new versions are not useful to them but > the version they use fulfills all

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: how to print in landscape?

It seems to me that Regina's reply was based on the assumption that Larry was having a problem with Writer. Unfortunately, he didn't make clear until his second post that he was talking about Calc. In Calc, there is a format button on the second line of the toolbars and it does succesfully

Re: [libreoffice-users] Double Underline in Calc

On 29/03/16 02:24, Jim Byrnes wrote: > Using LO vers 4.2.8.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 > > If I go Format Cells--> Line Styles --> double underline all I see in > the cells I am trying to format is a thick dark line. > I'm using LO 4.2.8.2 with Ubuntu 14.04 and I don't see this. Using default settings

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer in UbuntuStudio 16.04.1

because of the fixation about 'free' software ? I suppose one could claim that LO can work perfectly well without any extensions which require java. Thanks for your idea, Tom, which started me in the right direction. Regards, Philip On 14/08/16 13:24, Philip Jackson wrote: > Hi Tom : > &g

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO Writer in UbuntuStudio 16.04.1

t; Regards from > Tom :) > > On 13 August 2016 at 19:13, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> > wrote: > >> I've just migrated the desktop from 14.04 to 16.04 and so my working >> LibreOffice environment has changed overnight from 4.2.8.2 to 5.1.4.2 &g

[libreoffice-users] LO Writer in UbuntuStudio 16.04.1

I've just migrated the desktop from 14.04 to 16.04 and so my working LibreOffice environment has changed overnight from 4.2.8.2 to 5.1.4.2 First impressions are very positive and I've imported all my templates into Writer and things seem to work fine. Where I do have a problem is with a couple

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: How to NOT turn (c) into a symbol

On 28/06/16 17:50, CVAlkan wrote: > To elaborate on Mr. Foote's entry method for unicode characters: > > Depending on your set up, it isn't always necessary to type the "U+" part of > the code point. As long as the hex value is separated from earlier text, you > can just type it and then press

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ancient Greek Extension Problem

Yes, I see the same thing. But if you follow the links back you get to : http://members.hellug.gr/sng/ancientgreekoxt/index.html from where you can download the latest beta version, 1.6.beta4.1. This installs ok in LO Writer 5.1.4.2 but I have no use for it so can't comment on how it works.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Ancient Greek Extension Problem

Hi again, further to my note on the beta version, try just modifying the defective link to : http://members.hellug.gr/sng/ancientgreekoxt/files/AncientGreek-1.5.5.oxt This gives an apparently good download. (note the last part of the link is .1.5.5.oxt and not .1.5.54.oxt - looks like

Re: [libreoffice-users] Tom Morton shared "Dissertation" with you

Hi Tom, It must have taken you an hour or so to write 3000 words. Did you have automatic backups switched on ? If so, you can likely find several copies saved every 10 minutes or so. Have you checked your backup path ? Philip On 17/08/16 15:23, Tom Morton (via Dropbox) wrote: > Hi there, > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Zoom control in the 5.3 status bar

On 04/02/17 18:25, M Henri Day wrote: > 2017-02-03 3:25 GMT+01:00 MR ZenWiz : > >> This seems to be missing, or maybe I clicke don something that made it >> go away, but I can't find anything to help turn it back on. >> >> Is this a new "feature?" The help command does not

Re: [libreoffice-users] Zoom control in the 5.3 status bar

On 06/02/17 16:00, M Henri Day wrote: > 2017-02-06 13:59 GMT+01:00 Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>: > >> On 04/02/17 18:25, M Henri Day wrote: >>> 2017-02-03 3:25 GMT+01:00 MR ZenWiz <mrzen...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> This seems to

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: in response ...

On 31/01/17 18:54, V Stuart Foote wrote: > The issue is never that you take the time to respond, rather it is > frequently that your responses are not processed correctly by the maillist > (ML) servers . Indeed. Anne-ology's last three messages all carry the same subject line when I receive

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

On 24/01/17 12:17, Dave Howorth wrote: > > That was the first thing I tried. There is no such package. Neither is > there in Ubuntu from what Philip says. >> When i have installed LibreOffice in >> Ubuntu in the past (when else right??) i'm sure the help-files were >> all selected by default,

Re: [libreoffice-users] no spell checking taking place in Version: 5.1.4.2

On 29/01/17 03:05, Dave Stevens wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:47:50 -0500 > Remy Gauthier wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When you go on the Font panel and look at the available languages, is >> there a mark indicating the dictionary has been installed for the >> language you are

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 20/02/17 23:44, Piet van Oostrum wrote: > Philip Jackson wrote: > [...] > > If I prepare a new blank spreadsheet with my preferred font and save it > > as a new template, whenever I open a new spreadsheet by File > New > > > Templates > Spreadsheets tab >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 20/02/17 16:30, Bruce Hohl wrote: > To the right of 'Properties' there is a drop down icon which if you > mouse-over has the tag 'Side bar setting'. Click that icon to select > 'Styles and Formatting'. (If someone knows another way please chime-in.) I'm with Ian on this one. Those changes

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 20/02/17 21:11, Dave wrote: > On 20.02.2017 20:32, Philip Jackson wrote: >> On 20/02/17 16:30, Bruce Hohl wrote: >>> To the right of 'Properties' there is a drop down icon which if you >>> mouse-over has the tag 'Side bar setting'. Click that icon to select

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 20/02/17 21:11, Dave wrote: > On 20.02.2017 20:32, Philip Jackson wrote: >> On 20/02/17 16:30, Bruce Hohl wrote: >>> To the right of 'Properties' there is a drop down icon which if you >>> mouse-over has the tag 'Side bar setting'. Click that icon to select

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 20/02/17 21:49, leleu wrote: > Under Ubuntu 16.10 a command with the entry > libreoffice --calc /home/leleu/.config/libreoffice/4/user/template/essai.ots > does open a unnamed sheet conform to the model essai.ots > > Robert Leleu Yes it does under. And if the OP creates his template and

Re: [libreoffice-users] How to set defaults in form controls

On 23/02/17 16:54, Thomas Boehm wrote: > Hi, > > I can't seem to find where in Libreoffice Writer I can set defaults for > the font etc. in form controls. I set my default font for new documents > to Arial 11, but when I insert a form control the font there is always > Liberation Sans, Regular,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Slow opening documents

On 21/02/17 16:33, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > Hi, I'm using LO 5.3 on XUbuntu 16.10, but this started happening on > LO's 5.2.x. > > When I open Writer or Calc documents the LO window is freezed for about > 15 seconds, then it opens the document. > > Does anyone know why this is happening?. I

Re: [libreoffice-users] Default font in LO calc

On 21/02/17 19:53, Virgil Arrington wrote: > Since the advanced settings are just text strings in a file, which can > be easily edited, couldn't there be a GUI method of editing them? The > example of Firefox's "about.config" file was mentioned. Some of the > settings in that file can be edited

Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice help menu

On 18/01/17 13:16, Dave Howorth wrote: > I run LibreOffice Version: 5.2.3.3 Build ID: 20m0(Build:3) on openSUSE > Leap 42.1 > > I just clicked on LibreOffice Help in the Help menu and discovered that > it opened a web page instead of a help window. The web page is >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Interplay between outline and paragraph numbering

On 27/02/17 01:32, martin f krafft wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a complex document with plenty of sections and > auto-numbered paragraphs. They're using a custom paragraph style > with a custom numbering style for that. Don't ask me why… > > > I want/need: > > >3.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writing large or complex documents

On 07/09/16 22:16, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > For those of us who work with 30 or 40 pages in a document file, plus > maybe some complex formatting options used, we may consider 40 pages as > a large document, while others may consider documents need 100 or more > pages to be a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: limited undo.

On 03/09/16 21:39, Gabriele Ponzo wrote: > 2016-09-03 20:02 GMT+02:00 Xen : > >> […] >> They are not grouped together like in other applications. >> >> Ok, I got it now. > > Sorry for my misunderstanding :) > --- > Gabriele Ponzo > Hi - wait a minute. I think Gabriele has

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: limited undo.

On 04/09/16 18:15, Xen wrote: > No my friend, it is as I said. > ... > > Work flow: > > type text > delete block of text > rewrite block of text > figure I was wrong in deleting it > undo the writing > undelete the block I just deleted > > The deletion happend in one block. > > However the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Line spacing on Writer

On 15/09/16 00:12, Girvin Herr wrote: > This post gave me an idea to look at the find command (Edit > Find and > Replace... or Ctrl-F) dialog to see if it would search for a particular > style. I discovered that it does, under More Options! I ran some tests > and it does highlight the text with

Re: [libreoffice-users] Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

On 25/09/16 14:21, Brooks wrote: > I'm formatting a master document. > > My chapter headings are like this: > "CHAPTER 1 > Blah Blah Blah > > textbody_textbody_etc_etc" > > When I update the master doc LO inserts a page break between the 2 headings > on separate lines, so: > "CHAPTER 1" >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

On 25/09/16 16:30, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: But you may want to use > Template Changer for that, extension: > http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=103039 Although I have the TemplateChanger extension, it is worth noting that in LibreOffice Writer 5.1.4.2 (as delivered and

Re: [libreoffice-users] AutoText Completion

On 25/08/16 23:42, CVAlkan wrote: > I recently installed a new OS and am now using LibreOffice Version: 5.2.0.4, > Build ID: 1:5.2.0~rc4-0ubuntu1~xenial2. > > When I went to set up some autotext completions, I first tested that > everything worked the same as I'm used to. So I typed dt and then

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

On 27/09/16 00:50, Wiebe van der Worp wrote: > Interesting, at my system: > > 2: All styles are replaced and I should have been more precise. Styles are replaced where they have the same name. New styles which did not exist before are included in 'all styles' but not in 'applied styles'. This

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paragraph Style: Heading. Master Doc Inserting Unwanted Page Break Between Title on Two Lines

On 27/09/16 21:30, Girvin Herr wrote: > Greetings, > > Where are you getting this Template Changer 1.2.7x? > > When I go to the LO home page and then the extensions page, all I see is > still the 1.2.6 version for LO 3.3 dated 2013 and a warning that it has > not been updated for over a year!

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Paste Special order, Format Tabs

t; function 'Paste Unformatted Text' -- Philip Jackson -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

On 08/12/16 15:56, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 12/7/2016 11:29 AM, Philip Jackson <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: >> It would be nice if I could just create a VB machine and tell it to load >> the hard disk which already has the workable installation of Windows 10, >&g

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

On 06/12/16 16:32, Tanstaafl wrote: > Can't imagine why anyone would mess with dual boot these days with > something like Virtualbox available. Can you point to an easily understandable 'howto' on installing and using Windows in VirtualBox ? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

On 07/12/16 10:12, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Wed, 7 Dec 2016, Cley Faye wrote: > >> 2016-12-07 9:10 GMT+01:00 Mike Scott : >> >>> A windows licence might be tied to hardware, for example. So if I need >>> occasional windows use (eg to update my satnav - g!) but >>>

[libreoffice-users] sudden problem with inserting images in LO Writer

Something must have changed in my setup in the past couple of weeks but I'm not aware of having made any significant change in the area where I'm now having a problem. Unless maybe some 'update' introduced a behavioral change. Earlier this year, I prepared a lengthy document in Writer containing

Re: [libreoffice-users] c/n edit out or delete some bookmark entries

On 05/12/16 18:17, fudmer rieley wrote: > > I Bookmark my index items and my index related content then I > hyperlink them both ways example > > index > > Item 1 > item 2 > > .. > .. > > > Body of the work > content 1 > content 2 > .. > .. > . > > So that if I click on content 2 it

Re: [libreoffice-users] MS Anniversary upgrade warning - not LO issue

On 07/12/16 15:42, Davis, Felmon wrote: > On Dec 7, 2016 8:23 AM, "Philip Jackson" <philip.jack...@nordnet.fr> wrote: > >> Would virtualbox (or other) be able to get Windows running on its own >> hard disk ? It doesn't have an iso file - just a working version

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer ToC starts at §2 but hover shows §1

On 03/03/17 14:13, Philip Jackson wrote: > On 02/03/17 22:27, martin f krafft wrote: > > Interesting. I can reproduce this on LO Writer 5.1.4.2 using > UbuntuStudio 1604LTS and with only Heading 1 style as Level 1 and Text > Body style as Level 2 to get the numbered paragraphs.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer ToC starts at §2 but hover shows §1

I should have added that if the empty text para between the ToC and the document text is deleted, then the ToC displays incorrectly. So for Martin to have his work behave nicely, I suggest he tries to add an empty text para right under the ToC. Philip -- To unsubscribe e-mail to:

Re: [libreoffice-users] Linux User Groups

On 03/03/17 23:04, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: > Personally, I never heard of "RecordMyDesktop", by name, before. Though > I remember seeing a few weeks ago some other package name that does that > type of function. So, do you have to use that package or can you use > some other one?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Writer ToC starts at §2 but hover shows §1

On 02/03/17 22:27, martin f krafft wrote: > I also managed to reproduce this in a new document, which I've > uploaded here: > The problem seems to relate to (ab)using outline numbering to number > paragraphs, i.e. Level 1 is Heading 1, but Level 2 is associated > with the Text body style (as per

Re: [libreoffice-users] need help off list on a Asus Win10/Ubuntu laptop

On 15/08/17 16:17, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: > The real problem was/is the fact that after Windows 10 updates itself > and then changes the BIOS to remove the boot order. Also it damage the > GRUB boot software. Yes - I've had that problem on a dual boot desktop : W7 (later upgraded to W10) and

[libreoffice-users] error exporting Writer document

Using LO 5.1.6.2 in UbuntuStudio 16.04LTS I've had a failure to export a Writer document to xhtml and epub using the export filters of the extension Writer2xhtml. Export to html using LO's native export filter does work ok. The export hangs for a few seconds and then quits with a first error

Re: [libreoffice-users] error exporting Writer document

at intervals. On 16/07/17 18:02, Philip Jackson wrote: > operation with other Writer files including earlier versions of the > problem file, so I expect that the particular document concerned has > some corruption somewhere. The only fault was a web hyperlink formed in an unusual manner.

Re: [libreoffice-users] Unwanted Alternative Image Names

Hi Gordon, I know you're not using Ubuntu but quite often the various distributions use similar installations. On 27/07/17 11:36, Regina Henschel wrote: > You referred to possibly editing the >> filter. I could not find your reference '/share/XSLT/ >> export/xhtml. Where do I start looking

Re: [libreoffice-users] scalc interchange ods between english and spanish

ification but it seems not to be the case. > > Any suggestion would be welcome. Thanks > > Uwe Brauer > > -- Philip Jackson Domain le Theron 34210 Siran France Tel : +33.780508769 Open pgp public key : fingerprint = 92B9 5310 37BE

Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer-Web editing - "a:hover" style removed on saving

On 22/08/17 22:30, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: > > If other Linux users has some easy to use WYSIWYG editor, let me know. I get on pretty well with Bluefish Editor. I'm currently using v2.2.10 in Ubuntu 16.04 with no problems. Try http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html Philip -- To unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

On 23/08/17 01:19, Remy Gauthier wrote: > AltSearch extension available from https://extensions.libreoffice.org/e > xtensions/alternative-dialog-find-replace-for-writer. This will allow > you to perform all sorts of substitutions of that nature fairly easily. > > I hope this helps. > Thanks for

Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating a custom label problem

bers simply appear. > > Known problem? > > -- Philip Jackson Domain le Theron 34210 Siran France Tel : +33.780508769 Open pgp public key : fingerprint = 92B9 5310 37BE C6FE 2B2C B922 26BD 500A 2354 3A63 author of "The Circle of Fifths" for improvisin

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Creating a custom label problem

but not friendly and should be fixed. :-) On 25/06/17 19:14, Ken Springer wrote: > IOW, it's broken. :-) > > On 6/25/17 5:24 AM, Philip Jackson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using LO 5.1.6.2 in UbuntuStudio 16.04.2 LTS >> >> I never used to have a problem setting up

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Libre Writer - special characters

On 06/05/17 23:17, V Stuart Foote wrote: > Input the character via its Unicode value, and toggle. > > So, here enter "U+211e" and then use +X to toggle. Thank you Stuart for the key to the toggle. I've wondered how to enter unicode characters for a long time. And have tried all the ctrl-shift

[libreoffice-users] a pet peeve with LO Writer

A little thing which I find very annoying is the way Writer drops me back at the last used cursor location immediately after making an automatic save. When working on a large document, for safety reasons I have the auto-recovery information saved every ten minutes. If I don't remember to keep

Re: [libreoffice-users] Is there any way to turn off that splash screen?

On 14/10/17 00:48, MR ZenWiz wrote: > I don't use Windows if I can avoid it, but this may come in handy, too. If you're using linux, you can get LO to start on a different desktop. I habitually use 7 desktops with email, browser, etc assigned to specific desktops by using gDevilspie. You can

Re: [libreoffice-users] Underlinng? easy. How do I overline?

On 08/09/17 05:12, David B Teague sr wrote: > Libreoffice community: > > Underlining ... and I use it to > indicate a shift, a motion of the hand, on double bass music. > > How do I do this? I'd like to have a font, not unlike the underline > font. (I hope I'm not missing something here.) There

Re: [libreoffice-users] Applying paragraph style to document

On 06/09/17 07:24, gordon cooper wrote: > Hi all, Thought I could do this in LO but cannot find the detail. Want > to set paragraph spacings for a big file without having to do each paragraph > separately. > You will need to select one or more paragraph styles to suit your work and then

[libreoffice-users] Writer - changing page styles

Writer 5.1.6.2 64bit in UbuntuStudio 16.04 LTS Writer 5.3.3.2 64bit in Windows 10 When I double-click on a different page style, the existing page style remains unchanged although the icons on the menu bar and in the status bar immediately indicate that the document has an unsaved change. I have

Re: [libreoffice-users] calc autofill

On 10/09/17 11:09, Gary Collins wrote: > Hi > Ive noticed what appears to be an anomaly when using autofill (hope thats the > right word) in calc 5.2.2.2 in ubuntu 16.10 > > To illustrate, open a new spreadsheet and enter 1 in A1 and in C1, and "A1" > in D1 and F1. > > Select range A1:F1 and

Re: [libreoffice-users] word count in impress

On 03/10/17 01:01, jorge Rodríguez wrote: > Hi Thomas: > >         I think that I have a solution using GNU / Linux Ubuntu, or > maybe the solution it would be able with other program similar that you > can find: > >     1) Install the program: gpdftext (GTK+ text editor for ebook PDF > files,

Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and Replace: Line Breaks

On 24/08/17 05:00, jonathon wrote: > If you need to use Regex in LibO, you need to install the Alt-Search > extension. Not so. See 'Find and Replace' > Other Options > Regular expressions :-) Philip -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-users] Reading from a USB device.

On 27/08/17 15:47, Marion & Noel Lodge wrote: > 2. Failing that, is there a simple application on the market that can read > a USB MIDI stream into a buffer or file? I think Device Monitoring Studio > can do that, but it is expensive and has far more features than I'll ever > need. I seem to

Re: [libreoffice-users] left adjusted last lines in 'd justified paragraphs???

On 25/08/17 00:59, Dennis Heuer wrote: > Hello, > > I don't come clear with LibreOffice. No matter what I try, I end in a > paragraph - as paragraphs are kind of swiss-knives in LibreOffice. > However, the rules to the paragraph element are classic and not helpful. > For example, I inserted a

Re: [libreoffice-users] How can apply changes to a style throughout a mixed-style document

On 31/08/17 20:04, MR ZenWiz wrote: > However, if I change the paragraph style by itself, that does not > appear to change any of the existing paragraphs in that style. I want > to change the style and apply it to all paragraphs that are already in > that style. You modify the style as you wish

Re: [libreoffice-users] MacOS 64 bit 5.4.1 torrent issue

On 31/08/17 20:23, bunk3m wrote: > Hi all, > > I downloaded the new release this morning via torrent. When I started > the LO, LittleSnitch indicated that it tried to connect to centrum.cz > and bbx-fe-hp-pool.centrum.cz. > > I checked out the sites and I can't figure out why LO would need to >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying first paragraf after page brake also copies page brake with page style

On 11/12/17 22:49, Krunose wrote: > What's even more weird is that pasting as unformatted with CTRL + Shift > + V pastes text without page break but with direct formating. Pasting as > unformatted text does not strips formating, just page brake. To get a paste of unformatted text, the keyboard

Re: [libreoffice-users] Copying first paragraf after page brake also copies page brake with page style

On 12/12/17 00:03, Krunose wrote: > And it does not happen if you paste in paragraph that already have text, > only if paste to empty paragraph. Not consisted. I insert a manual page break and then make a paragraph of text, then highlight this paragraph and do crtl + c to copy it. So I have on

Re: [libreoffice-users] Insert current date

On 21/05/18 12:03, Jean-Francois Nifenecker wrote: > While in Calc there's no need for a macro (the Ctrl + ; (semicolon) > shortcut will do ;) such is not the case in Writer, yet. > > So, yes, you need to create a macro then connect a keyboard shortcut to > it. The process is quite simple if you

[libreoffice-users] Installation of LO 6.0.0.3 (x64) on Win10Pro

I'm mostly using LO on linux but I have kept a version [5.4. ish] of LO on a Windows box for occasional testing of documents. Having read a recent post which spoke enthusiastically about some LO 6 features, I thought I would give it go. I downloaded and installed both these two files from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation of LO 6.0.0.3 (x64) on Win10Pro

On 02/02/18 14:22, DaveB wrote: > The problem does not appear when the en_US Help Pack is installed. Thanks for that idea, Dave. I just downloaded and installed the en_US pack and it all works as expected [at least at first glance. time will tell]. I wondered about removing the en_GB help pack

Re: [libreoffice-users] Installation of LO 6.0.0.3 (x64) on Win10Pro

On 02/02/18 21:39, DaveB wrote: > Mark: You have almost nailed the solution. It's not the interface > language that has to be set, it is setting the global Locale to English > (UK) that allows the en_GB Help to work as expected. Thank you. I had assumed, wrongly in part, that as libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-users] Need to select large diapason

On 12/02/18 09:53, Brian Barker wrote: > o Give your required range a name. To do this, highlight cell C2 and go > to Insert | Names > | Define... . In the Name box, enter a name. The > "Assigned to" box will show something like "$Sheet1.$C$2". Modify this > to read "$Sheet1.$C$2:$C$150240"

Re: [libreoffice-users] LO not finding my scanner

PM, Tim-L wrote: >>>>> I just installed 6.0.0.3 64-bit DEB for Ubuntu MATE 16.04LTS. >>>>> >>>>> I was looking at some things and I went to >>>>> "Insert/Media/Scan/Select Source".  LO could not find my Can

[libreoffice-users] avoiding recalculate on loading of Calc files

Using Calc 5.1.6.2 I would like a Calc file to load without recalculating so that I can recalculate manually at a moment of my choosing. While trying to find how to do this, I came across mention of AutoCalculate in the on-board help files (F1) - it refers to "Tools - Cell Contents -

Re: [libreoffice-users] installed disc usage for LO

On 02/01/18 21:41, Girvin Herr wrote: > I, too, sometimes get nostalgic for the "heady" old days of computing. I > started in the late 70s with hand-coding programs on an Intel 8080 > system. I then graduated to CP/M-80 on an S100 Zilog Z80 processor > system. I then built my own PC-XT from

Re: [libreoffice-users] Adding Features

On 21/08/18 04:08, daleday wrote: > In the older versions I had, there were two search and replace functions. > > One was the simple magnifying glass and the other was a pair of binoculars. > This second was my favorite and I want to find out if it is possible to get > it back. > > So, how can I

Re: [libreoffice-users] My Templates?

On 08/07/18 18:41, James Knott wrote: > Didn't there used to be an item "My Templates? in LO?  I had a few > templates in there, but now I can only find one mixed in with all the > supplied templates.  What happened to mine?  Where are they?  I'm using > LO 6.0.42 on OpenSUSE Leap 15.0.  Please

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